Composition for preserving fabrics



' fabrics.

[composed essentially of linsee no ofwater. The soap is ifirst;thoroughlykdi I and then I stir in the linseed iLfaddin"i ml Jefferson and State of Alabamagiihav;in

' adapted for use asak paint jloi lcoating teriorationr stand over nightso thatit willthicken same slowly until it i is entirely wo'i'kedfpinto Patented u si-51 2 g3 i i I lg Or ,e s n c ver fa c w h i bru h fabri thoroughly To all whomz't may comer 12.5. i i

Be, it known thatJI, BEUYN, a lib v ject of the Queenof the jNethe lands siding at Birmingham,\ in [the county vented certainlnew and .li'sef ments in Composition for -Preser rics of whi h the following-" tion. f 1 v f I v My invention relatesftoaficompositioj 0 preserving fabric-s, and whichisfi esfpjec ll Feb 1 on cont nued xpesuretexe v harden w e vb n wnfi w-i e ely pulverized woodphar 'coverin wa on to star aill ins nd a Pa I.

The object of v v v u pq ided i a pe c i a preservative composition or ceverjingf which 1s comparativelyllmexpens can be; readily compounded,jian 1 possesses'the veryfiml rta'nt 'chaf acteristicf f of preserving itsfiexibility so ftl ill j not tend to crackhandbreak-noiflake on within a {short timejaf ten it beena t I plied to the fabric and' eXp'osedYtdthe "l weather, 1Obvio1i s1y, as soonas {if 'o coating of paint becomes sufficiently hard to crack it loses its protective qualitiesiand the exposed fabric 'is subject to epid fde With [these ends in view-I pounded a preservative coatin it fl bl oil, pulverized charcoal and water} ha dissolved therein substantiallyall fl th the water will take up. tv p In order *thatthojse skilled inthe may fully understand and piacticejniy invenj tion5 I Will now describe in detail the pre? ferred manner of compounding a l my improve-d fabric preservative coverings \p Tofour parts ofboiled linseed oilP'I dd w two parts of pulverized charcoal and h fee parts of water, having dissolved there nffall 4 p of the'soap preferablyhgreen fig soapliwhich is a green vegetable soap composedjjlai'gely of figs, which the water will dissolve,f;andp which in water of average hardnessis abom one heaping. tablespoon of soapto theqiiai t reindescribed method oft-co n overing ;,foi jfabrics, which con:

i s py fi v d l giv A hereto to produce e paste to standsnntil ndfistirrlng boiled linseed hereindesoi ibd\covering,for ab comprising the following ingredlfiilts libstantially the" follow ng proport on w gwiourr a t o led ;linseeolfloil,-

' 'tet-"havingjdi solvediythereinsubstan A 11 ofthe soaplwhich tw ll takevup solved in the water and then the soapyfwa'ter is addedslowly to the oharooalfand mixed into a paste. I prefer 120,161 th's pas the paste. way will resi ltiiii a pr een fig soap in the roportion of about one eaping tablespoon 111 to the quart of water, then adding the soapy water slowly 15 to two parts of pulverized charcoal, and stirring same to form a paste, and then adding slowl to the paste four parts of boiled linseed oi and stirring same 1n.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- 20 ture. v

' HAVIK BRUYN.

Witness NOMIE WELSH. 

